1914. Dorothy Osborne's sole literary remains consist of a slim book of 77 letters written to her husband-to-be, Sir William Temple, during their courtship, plus 9 letters written after their marriage. The letters are brilliantly written and show a flair for self-examination. They form almost a novel in themselves, and subsequent readers have found them both fascinating and stylistically charming. It has won its place among readers as a beautiful autograph portrait of a virtuous, amiable, and sensible woman, who, by the natural charm of her literary-style, is as much alive today as she was to the squires and shepherds and carriers of the English countryside which was her beloved home.
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"AN editor," says Dr. Johnson, is "he that revises or prepares any work for publication;" and this definition of an editor's duty seems wholly right and satisfactory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sir Thomas, Sir John, Sir Peter, Lady Sunderland, Moor Park, Dorothy Osborne, Earl of Leicester, Lord Broghill, Henry Cromwell, Lady Ruthin, Lord Lisle, Sir William Temple, Algernon Sydney, Lord Rich, Sir Justinian, Spring Gardens, Queen of Sweden, Earl of Warwick, General Monk, Good God, King Charles, Lady Newcastle, Tom Cheke, Bedford Street, Colonel Robert New!
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"AN editor," says Dr. Johnson, is "he that revises or prepares any work for publication;" and this definition of an editor's duty seems wholly right and satisfactory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sir Thomas, Sir John, Sir Peter, Lady Sunderland, Moor Park, Dorothy Osborne, Earl of Leicester, Lord Broghill, Henry Cromwell, Lady Ruthin, Lord Lisle, Sir William Temple, Algernon Sydney, Lord Rich, Sir Justinian, Spring Gardens, Queen of Sweden, Earl of Warwick, General Monk, Good God, King Charles, Lady Newcastle, Tom Cheke, Bedford Street, Colonel Robert New!
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- Sir William Temple by Lord Macaulay on page 6, and page 83
- Tales From Shakespeare by Charles in Front Matter
- Tales from Shakespeare by Charles in Front Matter
- Tales from Shakespeare: Children's Classics by Charles Lamb in Front Matter
- A History of the English People: (1214-1307) (Volume 2) by John Richard Green in Front Matter
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- An Audience of One: Dorothy Osborne's Letters to Sir William Temple, 1652-1654 by Carrie Hintz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England by Sandra Clark in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Epistolary Spaces: English Letter-Writing from the Foundation of the Post Office to Richardson's Clarissa (Studies in Early Modern English Literature) by James How in Back Matter
- Oliver Cromwell: King in All but Name, 1653-1658 by Roy Sherwood in Back Matter
- Debating Gender in Early Modern England, 1500-1700 by Cristina Malcolmson on page 117
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